Image via WikipediaNovember, 11th marks Veterans Day. The national ceremony is held at Arlington National Cemetery. Parades and ceremonies are hosted across the country to pay tribute to our soldiers who have fought for our freedom. Some historical background on this National Holiday...
Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday—a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as "Armistice Day." Armistice Day was primarily a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I, but in 1954, after World War II had required the greatest mobilization of soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen in the Nation’s history; after American forces had fought aggression in Korea, the 83rd Congress, at the urging of the veterans service organizations, amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word "Armistice" and inserting in its place the word "Veterans." With the approval of this legislation (Public Law 380) on June 1, 1954, November 11th became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.
Veteran's Affairs also hosts a "Take a Veteran to School Day". Veterans get to share their experiences and be a motivational tool in children's lives. Even though Veteran's Day is only once a year, a million thank you's is never enough.
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